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THE LAKE IS OPEN! SPRING IS HERE! It's always exciting news when the Anchor Bay ice disappears and open water can be seen. The writer has heard that crocuses are up, which means that tulips won't be far behind. It's been cold the past few days, but now that the ice has left and the blue wate… More Headlines
Show more In 1978, over 900 US citizens died at Jonestown, a remote settlement in Guyana. The vast majority were members of a community run by the charismatic Rev Jim Jones, taking their own lives with poison under armed guard on his orders. But how did a church known for racial integration and practical help for the poor come to such a destructive end? How could one man’s increasing paranoia have driven so many people, who had built a mission community from nothing in four years, into a seemingly pointless sacrifice? In this second and final programme, Erin Martin – who h...
Staff at Northland's port labelled absolute heroes by their boss Staff at Northland's port are being labelled absolute heroes by their boss, after working long hours to unload shipping containers that had to be diverted from Auckland 13 December 2020 Major congestion at Ports of Auckland saw twelve hundred shipping containers arrive further north. But operations were brought to a stop at Northport yesterday, with forklift drivers reaching their maximum number of working hours. Chief Executive Jon Moore says handling the extra containers has been a logistical challenge - and forklift drive...
FDA Grants PMTA Approval to Next-Generation IQOS Device RICHMOND, Va. — Altria Group Inc. received the green light to market IQOS 3 in the United States. On Dec. 7, the company announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized commercialization of the next generation of the IQOS tobacco heating system device. FDA authorization follows review of the IQOS 3 Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) submitted by Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI). Philip Morris USA (PM USA), under an exclusive agreement with PMI, commercializes the IQOS system in the United ...
Peak Carbon Emissions Fall, But Faster Decline Needed Global carbon emissions peaked in 2019, but the world is heading for a 3.3-degree rise in temperature by 2100, Bloomberg research says. Dec092020 Image by Gerd Altmann via Pixabay The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted all industry sectors and all aspects of our lives. But one positive effect, research shows, was a substantial drop in energy demand, which is estimated to remove some 2.5 years’ worth of energy sector emissions through 2050. In its New Energy Outlook 2020, BloombergNEF projects the evolution of the global...